China is building coal-fired power plants at an alarming rate, adding two new coal-fired power plants every week!
Ronald Stein, PE He is an engineer, energy literacy columnist for America Out Loud NEWS, energy literacy consultant for the Heartland Institute and CFACT, and co-author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated book “Clean Energy Development.”
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George Harris Executive Director of the Montana Coal Commission beginning September 2022. He served as executive budget director for the Montana Governor’s Budget Office. He has served as a national risk manager and served as president of the National Risk Managers Association.
co-creator Ronald, and George Harris
Published on December 9, 2024 at: America's Loud News
The United States continues to subsidize the development of weather-dependent wind turbines and solar panels that generate occasional electricity to replace coal-fired power plants, with the expectation that the United States, home to about 4% of the world's population, can significantly influence the emissions of the rest of the world's 96% of people on the planet.
Coal is the world's most abundant and reliable energy source. The United States has the largest coal reserves in the world. Among the 15 major coal-producing states, Montana has the largest coal reserves, reaching 118.4 billion tons.
About 200 coal-fired power plants are still operating in the United States, many of which are concentrated in Pennsylvania, Texas, Indiana and the Pink River Basin of Wyoming and Montana. They account for only 8% of the world's coal-fired power plants.
There are more than 2,400 coal-fired power plants around the world, accounting for 92% of the world's coal-fired power plants.
China now has a total of 1,142 coal-fired power plants in operation and is building six times as many coal-fired power plants as the rest of the world combined – China is building two new coal-fired power plants every week!
Most of the wealthier developed countries do not realize that about 80% of the world's 8 billion people, Many of them live in Africa, Asia and Latin America, still living on less than $10 a day, while billions still have little access to electricity. For others, life has become deeply complicated and influenced by the hypocritical “green” agenda of elites in rich countries, who have reaped huge benefits from fossil fuels since the beginning of the modern industrial era in the 1800s.
While richer countries are subsidizing so-called clean electricity from wind and solar by billions of dollars, those in the poorer developing world cannot subsidize themselves with paper bags.
Developing countries urgently need reliable, affordable electricity and products and fuels made from fossil fuels to create jobs, lift families out of poverty, modernize homes, schools and hospitals, provide clean water, and replace wood and animal waste Used for cooking and heating.
Even today, with more than 6 billion people on Earth living on less than $10 a day, millions of parents and children die from respiratory and intestinal diseases unheard of in rich countries because they have no electricity and no There are no facilities.
Coal is mainly used to generate electricity, especially in China, India and Africa.
As the largest importer of crude oil and coal, China is the world's largest energy consumer and emitter.
- As of July 2023, China has 1,142 coal-fired power plants in operation, and the number of coal-fired power plants in mainland China currently far exceeds that of other countries.
- India ranks second with 282 coal-fired power plants.
- The United States ranks third with 210 factories. Due to the Biden administration's burdensome regulations and its BLM and EPA overreach, about 170 of the remaining coal plants in the United States are scheduled to be retired by 2030, and there are no plans to build any new coal plants. China is adding to its inventory of coal-fired power plants at a record pace.
In the first six months of 2023, China issued construction permits for about 50 new coal-fired power plants, an average of two per week. China currently has more than 300 coal-fired power plants under construction, licensed or awaiting license. If all 300 power plants are completed, China's coal-fired power plant stock will increase by more than 25%. China is currently building six times more coal-fired power plants than the rest of the world combined.
Officials within the Chinese Communist Party have cited a variety of reasons for the rapid reliance on coal-fired power plants, such as a recent heat wave that increased demand for air conditioning. New coal-fired power plants will only serve as back-up support for unreliable renewable energy generation that relies on weather, wind and solar power and during periods of high electricity demand.
Given that China is also currently a world leader in the construction of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar energy, China’s increased reliance on coal contradicts the rationale provided by the Communist Party of China. Critics point out that most new coal plants are being built in locations that do not meet China’s justifications, such as no reports of grid instability or unreliable renewable energy. Other critics point out that new coal-fired power plants are being built in areas powered almost entirely by coal, rather than generation from renewable sources considered unreliable.
Whatever the stance, while wealthier developed countries are rapidly reducing their reliance on coal-fired power plants through subsidies for wind and solar energy, China and other developing countries are moving faster in the opposite direction, increasing their dependence on abundant and affordable coal for their economy.
Hope is just around the corner. The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Chevron case caught overzealous federal bureaucrats by surprise. U.S. Sen. Steve Daines of Montana has proposed legislation to keep coal mines operating. The incoming Trump administration's landslide victories, which include coal-friendly majorities in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives committed to energy independence, could lead to bureaucratic red tape and what Senator Daines calls “the green illusion.” “ist” shortsighted energy hysteria. And put the American people first by providing clean, reliable, and affordable power to America’s hardworking coal miners! There's a new Sheriff in town, especially the Town of Washington, and the American Coal Industry is proud to help wear that badge!
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